Skip to main content
Netherlands News in English

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
399px-Cela
- Credit: Picture: Wikimedia Commons/Andrew Bardwell
Crime
alphen aan den rijn
chokehold
chokehold death
detainee
Mitch Henriquez
national assistance team
prison
Prisoner
suffocation
suspended
Friday, 10 July 2015 - 13:36

Share this article:

Five cops suspended as more chokehold deaths are uncovered

Five members of a national assistance team have temporarily been suspended. They are suspected of possible involvement in the death of a prisoner. This death has many similarities to the death of Mitch Henriquez, the Telegraaf reports. According to the newspaper, the national support team - a specially trained team that is deployed during riots, rebellions or searches for dangerous criminals - overpowered prisoner Rinus Wolters in his cell in Alphen aan den Rijn in early June. The officers used violence to overpower the man. Witnesses told the newspaper that pepper spray was used in combination with a leg brace and possibly a chokehold.

More like this

Image
Ingrid Coenradie
Gov't working on early release to free up space in prisons, despite Wilders outrage
Image
Court gavel with a statue of Lady Justice in the background
Almere man gets 12 years for smothering his mother to death
Image
File photo of the Justitieel Complex Zaanstad, a prison facility in Noord-Holland. 30 May 2017
Guards attacked at Zaanstad prison; Three hurt
Image
The penitentiary institution on Eikenlaan in Alphen aan den Rijn
Prisoner tries to escape Alphen a/d Rijn prison in a wheelie bin
Make NL Times your top Google source

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Amsterdam neighborhood rocked by loud explosion heard in Amsterdam-Oost
  • Most Dutch municipalities back asylum distribution law but resist implementation
  • Dutch government weighs cuts to infrastructure spending amid multibillion-euro shortfall
  • Drag queen attacked again in Amsterdam
  • Four members quit Schiphol advisory council amid internal conflict over representation

Top stories

  • Amsterdam neighborhood rocked by loud explosion heard in Amsterdam-Oost
  • Netherlands records second official heat wave of 2026 on Saturday as Ell hits 30.1°C
  • Police release photos, ask for help identifying man who assaulted two women in Utrecht
  • Hundreds of venues prepare to host fans for Netherlands vs Sweden World Cup match
  • Video: Severe storms kill woman after tree crushes car; Fires sparked nationwide

© 2012-2026, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Change Privacy Settings
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact
  • Partner Content